Legal Opinion
Rudolph Powers v. Tennessee Board of Probation and Paroles
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided May 23, 2007No. M2005-01529-COA-R3-CVPublished
1Opinion of the Court
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE Assigned on Briefs to the Western Section of the Court of Appeals on March 30, 2007 RUDOLPH POWERS v. TENNESSEE BOARD OF PROBATION AND PAROLES An Appeal from the Chancery Court for Davidson County No. 04-1516-II Carol L. McCoy, Chancellor No. M2005-01529-COA-R3-CV - Filed on May 23, 2007 This appeal involves a prisoner seeking parole. The petitioner was convicted in 1981 and is serving a life sentence. In 2004, he was denied parole based on the severity of his offense. He filed the instant petition for a common-law writ of certiorari, claiming…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Miller v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- California Department of Corrections v. MoralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Lee Hampton v. Ron HobbsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
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